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Recently The Rain ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6656238/ ) popped up on Netflix, so I thought I'd give it a try, and all I can say is:
Why are all post apocalyptic shows about such stupid people? It's like "Let's do the stupidest thing possible" and moments later it's "Oh no, it has backfired, what are going to do now?"

Recently The Rain ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6656238/ ) popped up on Netflix, so I thought I'd give it a try, and all I can say is:
Why are all post apocalyptic shows about such stupid people? It's like "Let's do the stupidest thing possible" and moments later it's "Oh no, it has backfired, what are going to do now?"

for post apocalyptic shows, hard to beat the 1975's The Survivors

Things were better when shows had to rely on plot and acting and not cgi.
Sapphire and Steel still one of the scariest tv shows just with a flash light and a great sound track.

Recently The Rain ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6656238/ ) popped up on Netflix, so I thought I'd give it a try, and all I can say is:
Why are all post apocalyptic shows about such stupid people? It's like "Let's do the stupidest thing possible" and moments later it's "Oh no, it has backfired, what are going to do now?"

for post apocalyptic shows, hard to beat the 1975's The Survivors

Things were better when shows had to rely on plot and acting and not cgi.
Sapphire and Steel still one of the scariest tv shows just with a flash light and a great sound track.

There's no CGI (to speak of) in The Rain, AFAIR.

Considering that it's a Danish TV(?) series (=low budget compared to other shows) it relies more on characters and story than on flash, boom, bang, which is basically non-existant in the show.

I didn't like the last part and especially the end of it, obviously aimed at a posible 2nd season. But overall I liked it. I've seen far worse "stupidest possible thing" in more high profile shows (I'm looking at you, TWD...). I even think that for the most part they actually tried to do the right thing, perhaps sometimes badly executed. And quite a few "oh my god, how can you...?!?" moments were given a reasonable explanation, e.g. (without too much spoilers) that peaceful little community and why especially one of the female group members responded so well to them.

Recently The Rain ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6656238/ ) popped up on Netflix, so I thought I'd give it a try, and all I can say is:
Why are all post apocalyptic shows about such stupid people? It's like "Let's do the stupidest thing possible" and moments later it's "Oh no, it has backfired, what are going to do now?"

for post apocalyptic shows, hard to beat the 1975's The Survivors

Things were better when shows had to rely on plot and acting and not cgi.
Sapphire and Steel still one of the scariest tv shows just with a flash light and a great sound track.

Mark Kermode's new TV series on films started yesterday. It's alright, though good lord is he a boring presenter. It's like watching a dull but informative uni lecture. Give me Waldemar Januszczak any day.